7.2.5 Tomb of Sargeras Changes

The 7.2.5 patch notes have been released with 2 new legendaries, new Tier 20 set bonuses, dps buffs and some minor talent changes.

So what does this mean for us?

The only minor unexpected change is the smite buff isn’t as big as it was last PTR build. Overall not much changes for us this patch besides wanting to obtain any 4 Tier 20 items ASAP.

New Legendary Items have been added

The Alabaster Lady is a new helm that has a 15% chance on casting PoM to give Apotheosis effect for 8 seconds. On paper this has potential but testing so far has shown lackluster results. Due to it’s RNG Nature this legendary isn’t going to break into the top 4, but will sit middle of the pack.

Soul of the High Priest is yet another ring. This one grants us the SoL talent. While SoL isn’t an inherently bad talent, particularly in M+… the fact we have to give up another legendary to gain this effect makes it a very poor choice.

New Tier 20 Set Bonuses are here and you will want to obtain 4-piece as soon as you can, it doesn’t really matter which slots so just work around which legendary items you will use on progression.

2-piece is a very nice passive bonus to the amount of Holy Words we can cast in an encounter.

4-piece is an incredibly nice passive bonus to the amount of Holy Words we can cast in an encounter.

DPS Buffs are being given to all healers. Nothing major to see herenote: The last PTR build had 44% total increase for smite, patch notes only 39%.. so we’ll see come Tuesday.

Healing Buff given to Circle of Healing along with the below mana cost reduction still doesn’t make it more desirable than benediction at the moment. Due to the synergy between the piety and benediction talents and the introduction of our new T20 set bonuses, CoH being a GCD we are spending mana but not generating serendipity means it’s still unlikely we’ll be taking it in raids.